Nacional became a finalist in the Uruguayan Basketball League this Thursday for the first time in its history. The tricolor beat Urunday Universitario 95-80 and closed the semifinal series 3-1 in their favor.
After remaining three consecutive seasons in the semifinals, falling in the three chances against Aguada, Nacional broke his spell and finished showing his net superiority against Urunday Universitario.
Playing his first two games without Charles Mitchell and Esteban Batista, infected with covid-19, Nacional won both surprisingly to become 2-0.
For the third Puerto Rican Devon Collier got infected and fell 85-72. As if that were not enough, he lost by one serious injury to Marcel Souberbielle, who suffered a torn ligament.
This Thursday Mitchell and Batista returned, who were important figures. The American contributed 15 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists while the former NBA added 8 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists with 30 minutes on the court. Collier is still absent.
One more time, the scorer was Dominique Morrison, who scored 26 points.
Look at the complete statistics of the match.
Nacional’s rival will be Biguá, who swept Olimpia 3-0 on Wednesday. The finals will be the best of 7 games.
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